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gyr, gyrˀ (gēr, gērā) n.m. arrow
1
arrow
Common Aramaic
EchR[1]24(16)↗ חדא קיבוץ דגירי‏ : one collection of arrows ; PTBB 13.b:63[2]↗ ג{ו}<י>רי פרסייא‏ : Persian arrows ; GT F Exod19:13↗ גירין דאשא‏ : fire arrows ; TN Deut32:23↗ גירי מחוות"מחוובת" פורענותי"פורענותהון‏ : Arrows of the plagues of my vengeance ; CPA Psalms37:3↗ ܕܓܪܪܟ ܐܬ݁ܩܒܥܘ ܒܝ‏ : for your arrows stuck in me ; AphDem3.52:4↗ ܓܐܪ̈ܘܗܝ ܕܗ݀ܡܢ‏ ; P 2K13:15↗ ܘܢܣܒ ܩܫܬܐ ܘܓܐܪ̈ܐ‏ ; BT San 77b(9)↗ דבעידנא דשדא ביה מיפסק פסיקי גיריה‏ : when he shot at it, his arrows were completely stopped [i.e. his initial action was incapable of causing damage and he is not liable] ; PJ Deut32:42↗ אירוי גיררי מן אדם קטיליהון‏
2
fig.: pointy thing
(1)
meteor(ite)
Syr
BHads 14:21↗ ܢܲܝܙܟܐ ܢܒܪ̈ܫܬܢܝܐ܂ ܘܓܐܪ̈ܐ ܢܪ̈ܢܝܐ‏ : streaking meteors and flaming meteorites
(2)
thunderbolt
Syr
(3)
spine, quill of a hedgehog type animal
Syr
Nat 9:2↗ ܕܒܨܐ ܠܗܘܢ ܒܓܹܪܹ̈ܐ ܕܒܓܘܫܡܗ݀‏ : (the hedgehog) sticks them (the grape clusters) with the spines on its body
(4)
dart or gore of a garment
Syr
(5)
obelus
Syr
3
metaph. : sudden damage
Syr, JBA, JBAg
JS_Elisha 121:103↗ ܓܸܐܪܵܐ ܕܟܲܦܢܵܐ ܡܚܵܐ ܠܡܲܝܢܲܩܬܵܐ‏ : famine's arrow struck the nursemaid ; BT BM 44a(14)↗ גירי דידיה אהנו ליה‏ : these are damaging results of his actions
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Syr. ܓܸܐܪܵܐ‏, ܓܸܪܵܐ‏; pl. JLA, CPA, LJLA ܓܪܪ̈ܝܢ, גִיררִין
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 198[100]DJPA: 128bDJBA: 282bJastrow: 242Drower/Macuch: 92aJ. Payne-Smith: 58Levy Ch-W: 1:137Tal Sam: 160DCPA[Schulthess]: 76[40]DJA: 38b

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